Attention, parodists!

The Guardian newspaper is running a fun contest related to the new Harry Potter book. THEY say that Albus Dumbledore buys the farm in HP6, and are asking readers to write ol' Albus' death scene. The winners will receive a bunch of loot from Waterstone's...

By the way, I'm writing this from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. It's very weird here, both in the hotel and in the town outside. I clambered around the lip of the Grand Canyon today. More later; you can read the details of Kate's and my trip so far here. We'll be updating it soon--2200 miles in five days cuts into blogging-time.